The City issues an unfavorable opinion on the institution, by Nîmes Métropole, of an intermunicipal tourist tax encompassing the territory of the city of Nîmes.
The 104 elected officials of Nîmes Métropole were called, this Monday, to meet in community council (Photo: Coralie Mollaret)
Tourism in Nîmes is a question of survival. Between the surrounding precariousness and the history which makes it possible to counterbalance misery in the sun, tourism takes an enormous part in the life of the city. By deliberation dated June 26, 2023, Nîmes Métropole decided to set up a tourist tax throughout the community.
The city of Nîmes has instituted the tourist tax on the municipal territory since 1992. It now donates all of the proceeds collected the previous year to the tourist and congress office in charge of reception and promotion missions. tourism. The city thus intends to have a direct action on this competence through the convention of integrated services signed annually with the tourist office.
A law relating to involvement in local life and proximity to public action offers the possibility for municipalities established as a classified tourist resort or tourist municipality to retain jurisdiction and the collection of the taxation relating thereto. even if the EPCI to which they belong decides to institute the tourist tax.
In view of this right of priority, the City therefore wants to keep the tourist tax on the territory of the municipality and opposes its transfer to Nîmes metropolis. The tourist tax brings about 20 million euros per year to the city of Antonin.
2023-07-09 16:08:51
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